Kylah
Girl · KY-la · Scottish
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Kylah is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “narrow strait”. In 2025 it ranked 1,961st for girls in the UK (15 babies) and 1,643rd for girls in the US (126 babies).
What does Kylah mean?
Scottish: spelling of Kyla, a feminine form of Kyle
“narrow strait”
A spelling of Kyla, the feminine form of Kyle, from a Scottish Gaelic word for a narrow channel.
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- KY-la
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Is Kylah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kylah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls in the UK and 126 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kylah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,961among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were named Kylah, making it the 1,961st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,526th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 29 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kylah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 100 girls in the UK were given Kylah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #441, up from #1,961 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales and 474th in Scotland.
Kylah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,961 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,449 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 22 | #1,491 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,526 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,531 |
| 2018 | 15 | #2,000 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,763 |
| 2016 | 29 | #1,243 |
| 2015 | 18 | #1,739 |
| 2014 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,662 |
| 2012 | 26 | #1,346 |
| 2011 | 16 | #1,824 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 27 | #1,212 |
| 2008 | 23 | #1,346 |
| 2007 | 28 | #1,117 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 21 | #1,250 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,342 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Kylah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,643among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 126about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 126 girls in the US were named Kylah, making it the 1,643rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,287th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 292 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had fewer girls named Kylah than any year since 1999.
Half of all the girls named Kylah in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 654 girls in the US were given Kylah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #484, up from #1,643 for this spelling alone.
Kylah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 126 | #1,643 |
| 2024 | 186 | #1,250 |
| 2023 | 190 | #1,232 |
| 2022 | 127 | #1,659 |
| 2021 | 160 | #1,375 |
| 2020 | 173 | #1,287 |
| 2019 | 176 | #1,302 |
| 2018 | 207 | #1,162 |
| 2017 | 183 | #1,287 |
| 2016 | 247 | #1,055 |
| 2015 | 230 | #1,115 |
| 2014 | 273 | #977 |
| 2013 | 262 | #961 |
| 2012 | 262 | #967 |
| 2011 | 274 | #940 |
| 2010 | 272 | #944 |
| 2009 | 292 | #921 |
| 2008 | 261 | #1,011 |
| 2007 | 268 | #995 |
| 2006 | 227 | #1,102 |
| 2005 | 217 | #1,096 |
| 2004 | 198 | #1,148 |
| 2003 | 219 | #1,042 |
| 2002 | 175 | #1,174 |
| 2001 | 139 | #1,367 |
| 2000 | 141 | #1,333 |
| 1999 | 113 | #1,513 |
| 1998 | 121 | #1,414 |
| 1997 | 105 | #1,528 |
| 1996 | 112 | #1,464 |
| 1995 | 51 | #2,481 |
| 1994 | 28 | #3,785 |
| 1993 | 35 | #3,216 |
| 1992 | 26 | #3,962 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,536 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,776 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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